Happy to share that I have been appointed as Docent in Chemistry with specialization in Materials Chemistry. According to ChatGPT, “Docent is the highest academic degree, denoting someone who is qualified to supervise doctoral students and take on higher-level teaching and

Last week, I had the pleasure of delivering an invited talk, titled "Mastering proton activities in aqueous batteries," at the Grotthuss 2025 Conference, organized by Linas Vilc and the team at the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC) in Vilnius, Lithuania. The

In this week’s Ångström Battery Monday seminar, Dumindu Siriwardena discusses the Usability of EMC-Containing Binary Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Solvents for Commercial-Scale Prussian White and Hard Carbon Full-Cell Systems in Sodium-ion Batteries.

I’m incredibly humbled to share that I have been awarded a prestigious Future Research Leaders (FFL-9) grant from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research SSF), with SEK 15 million (EUR ~1.4 million) for the next 5 years and comprehensive leadership training for

Had a wonderful week in Singapore, on the NTU campus. I’d like to thank Prof. Xing Yi Ling, Editor-in-Chief of the ACS Applied Materials Portfolio, for organizing this excellence conference, where the East meets the West. I’d also like to thank Prof. Hong Jin Fan and Prof. Jijian

I am honored to serve the American Chemical Society JACS Au Early Career Advisory Board for a second term (25-26). Look forward to helping the journal and the editorial board on behalf of early-career researchers. Welcoming the 2025 JACS Au Early Career Advisory Board | JACS Au

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This semester’s Ångström Battery Monday Seminar series starts with a talk by Ali Abo Hamad, PhD student from Mid Sweden University: Safe and Cost-Effective Synthesis of Porous Silicon Using Urea: Structural, Morphological, and Porosity Analysis with Energy Storage Outlook.

Two battery-related Assistant Professor positions at Uppsala University!🔋Don’t miss them if you’re qualified! 1⃣Hydrometallurgy, apply by 1 September 2025 uu.se/en/about-uu/jo… 2⃣Electrotechnical battery technology, apply by 25 August 2025 uu.se/en/about-uu/jo…

This week’s Ångström Battery Monday Seminar is given by Dr. Zhan-Yun Zhang, entitled “Unlocking Safe Rechargeable Batteries: Generative AI-Enabled Solvent Design for Non-Flammable Liquid Electrolytes.”

In this week’s Ångström Battery Monday Seminar, Jonas Welch gave a talk entitled “Carbonate electrolyte for sodium-ion batteries made non-flammable by triethyl phosphate co-solvation.”

I will moderate this month's BATTERY 2030 + Excellence Seminar on September 16th, starting at 15:00 CET. The online seminar will be given by Dr. Yong Yang from Xiamen University. Please spread the word and register at indico.uu.se/event/1939/. battery2030.eu/news/happening…

Nominations now open for ACS Materials Au 2026 Rising Stars! Celebrate early-career researchers making progress in materials science. 📅 Deadline: Monday, October 20, 2025 Nominate your Rising Star (self-nominations welcome): go.acs.org/d6e Cc: Chemistry of Materials

Check out the exciting #OA editorial about “#Writing #Scientific #Review #Articles in the #Age of #Generative #Artificial #Intelligence” by Shi Xuan Leong and N. Duane Loh in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 17, 34, 47793–47794 (ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)

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In this week’s Ångström Battery Monday Seminar, Melania Kozdra practiced her PhD thesis presentation, entitled “Computational modeling of Li-ion transport in composite solid-state electrolytes: Significance and adequacy.” The public defense will take place on September 25th.

We have a new doctor! Last Thursday, Melania Kozdra successfully defended her PhD thesis, entitled "Computational modeling of Li-ion transport in composite solid-state electrolytes: Significance and adequacy." The faculty opponent was Prof. Barbara Kirchner from Universität Bonn.

Ola Willstrand is practicing his PhD thesis presentation, entitled “Characterization and improved analysis of thermal runaway scenarios for lithium-ion batteries - Exploring current and new test methodology.” His defense will be on Friday, October 17, at 09:15 in Häggsalen.

Save the date and join us for the inaugural lecture of Sarbajit Banerjee on October 6, 2025, at 5.15 pm in the Audimax (ETH mainbuilding)! Prof. Banerjee Sarbajit Banerjee will tell us more about "Some dreams, aspirations, and ideas for enabling a just energy transition"!

In this recent Perspective published in ACS Materials Au, I highlighted the application of online electrochemical mass spectrometry (OEMS) as a versatile operando technique for quantifying gas evolution in sustainable aqueous batteries. Specifically, I discussed the following